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Nonprofit Financials

Building Bridges with AI: Philanthropy’s Urgent Call to Lead

Release Date:

02/28/2025

... of seatbelts required advocacy, education, and policy shifts to become a standard safety feature in ... becoming reactive rather than proactive. Collaboration & Policy Advocacy – Engaging with policymakers...

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Learning in Place

Release Date:

07/14/2011

... about foundations being more proactive as advocates in the public arena, with only a vague idea of what that might look ... out a realistic approach once you know the landscape. Public policy...

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Ask the Right Questions: Funders Toolkit

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02/2015

... tool that can help affinity groups engaging in policy work determine how well they're set up for success. ... of planning checklists that affinity groups can use to do policy work and regional associations can use to support that .....

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Public Policy

The Spend-Out/Perpetuity Distraction…and the Merger Option

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02/08/2010

... These are usually decisions that are properly “private policy ” as it were, and not matters for public policy . In August 2009, Anita Nager contributed a blog post ...

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Wallace Video Series Shows How Illinois Revamped Requirements for Preparation of Principals

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10/18/2016

... standards and whose graduates effectively lead Chicago public schools. The final video features Chicago principals ... project directors at the Center for the Study of Education Policy at Illinois State...

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Education

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The Wallace Foundation

Insights from “Philanthropy’s Role in Reparations and Building a Culture of Racial Repair”

Release Date:

06/13/2024

... view culture change as critical to actually making the policy change durable. It’s not just about the destination; ... repair, we need the participation of everyone, from the public and private sectors and...

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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College and Career Readiness: Are We Measuring What Matters?

Release Date:

06/11/2013

... disadvantaged student groups in the New York City public school system. Our resources are deployed to ensure ... Office of Postsecondary Readiness; and New Visions for Public Schools’ Susan Fairchild. As we...

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Appointments & Transitions

20 May 2010

Educational Equity in the Midst of the Great Recession

Thursday, May 20, 2010 -

2:00pm to 4:00pm

... CONNECTS with The Donors' Education Collaborative and Public Education Grantmakers Network. WHO SHOULD ATTEND: ... PRESENTERS Frank Mauro , Executive Director, Fiscal Policy Institute . Geri Palast ,...

25 May 2011

The Assault on Fair Courts: Why the Politicization of the Judiciary Is Harming Our Justice System and Democracy as a Whole

Wednesday, May 25, 2011 -

8:45am to 11:00am

... rights, government accountability, law and Justice, and public policy . The session will also be of interest to lawyers and ...

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Issue-Based

Two New Members Join The William T. Grant Foundation Board

Release Date:

11/01/2013

... her work has provided strong support for evidence-based policy and practice,” said Adam Gamoran , President of the ... He brings a rare blend of professional expertise and public commitment that make him the...

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Why Women and Girls?

Release Date:

03/27/2014

... a topic for our annual deeper dive into a propitious public policy topic, we have sought to identify issues that a good ...

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Gender Justice

“Grads of Life” Builds Capacity for Demand-Driven Solutions to the U.S. Youth Employment Challenge

Release Date:

10/02/2014

... on youth employment. It will also release a series of public service announcements designed to help companies ...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Workforce Development

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Funding the Future of Activism

Release Date:

02/04/2013

... to activists so that they can use tools of organizing like public demonstrations, coalition building, and meetings with ...

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Appointments & Transitions

Ford Foundation Appoints Ursula Burns to Board of Trustees

Release Date:

02/20/2015

... Yorker, she was raised by a single mother in the city’s public housing. Ms. Burns earned a Bachelor of Science degree ... full board and serve six-year terms. Trustees set broad policy relating to grant making...

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Community Development

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Health

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Ford Foundation

12 Jul 2016

Using Advocacy to Support Mission: What Your Foundation Can and Can’t Do, Can and Can’t Fund

Tuesday, July 12, 2016 -

3:00pm to 4:30pm

... for your foundation to make grants that are used for public policy or legal advocacy Your foundation grants cannot fund ...

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Professional Development

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Public Policy

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Environment and Climate Change

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New York City

Bloomberg Philanthropies Releases Report on Importance of Local Climate Actions in U.S.

Release Date:

03/08/2016

... “Mayors see climate change as an immediate economic and public health issue. They are the officials most directly ...

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Foundations Team Up to Fund Invisible Transgender Communities

Release Date:

07/12/2016

... free of the constraints that have afflicted our gridlocked public sector over these last few years – what other part ... $10,000. More than half had experienced harassment in a public accommodation, including...

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